I have written a final essay to wrap up the course Serious Games. In the essay, I briefly describe the evolution of play within higher order animals, and how our technological advancements relate to these evolutionary biological systems. For a short overview of the essay, please turn to the one slider uploaded earlier. This page is not only a stand alone piece of information, but also adds some crucial points about my final project not highlighted in the essay. However, I suggest you’d just take your time and read the whole piece. The essay is downloadable through the following link :